For many people concentrating on something is quite hard, especially when what we are trying to concentrate on is boring or uninteresting. This leads to getting distracted and most likely zoning out. Zoning out is something that basically everyone has done, especially me. When we let our minds wander, the world around us goes quiet and we only pay attention to our own thoughts. This really doesn't help us though. Think of school. A student isn't concentrating on their work and zones out, they then get called on by the teacher to answer a question. It's so embarrassing fumbling around with your words to try and find an answer. That’s why I came up with some tricks to stay at least a little bit more concentrated. The first trick would be moving any and all distractions out of sight and reach. For example your phone, snacks, and anything that isn't related to what you should be doing. Now I’m not saying this as if it was an iron clad rule as I love breaking this rule. When I can't concentrate or I need a little break I take out my phone, and sometimes some candies to purposefully distract me. Now this is a very unhelpful habit I’ve developed, however it has gotten better! The reason for it getting better is that my phone is so old, that the battery has become absolute trash, and that has really put a limit on how much I use it during school. I’ve noticed that simply having a bad battery has basically given me a reason to stay off my phone and focus on my schoolwork. So I’ve talked about using this trick for school but school isn't the only place you can use it. Let it be while you're playing sports, are working, or even when you’re just talking to friends. You can use it. Because of all these different situations some tricks may work others may not, you have to try different combinations that work for you to stay concentrated. However you have to start somewhere and this is usually the thing that people first think of, so that's why I consider this the first trick. The second is what I call repeating. It may sound a little strange, but when I’m starting to lose focus I start repeating what was just said back to myself in my head. I’ve found this really works for me as I really concentrate on what they say, and as I’m repeating it back to myself I sometimes understand it better than if I was just listening normally. Repeating what someone says not only helped me understand it better it also helped me remember it. This may sound easy but there are times when it gets hard. The speaker may be talking too fast, the people around you are talking, or your friends are distracting you. I discovered this trick while watching a movie. The movie was set in a highschool, and there was a teacher who would always ask some student who looked like they weren’t paying attention to repeat what they just said. So in preparation for sneak attack questions, I would repeat it over and over in my head so it would look like I was paying attention. In the end it just made me concentrate on what I should have been concentrating on in the first place, so the plan failed successfully. There are many other tricks you have probably heard of and could use but these are the ones that work for me to help me concentrate and who knows they might work for you too. However if these don’t work or even make you unable to concentrate then stop, if it doesn’t help you then find another way. These may be good tricks but they won’t work right away. You'll have to work for them, and with that I wish you the best of luck!
Farryn L For more: https://jamesclear.com/focus
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Eyad Zohairy
11/18/2022 01:43:39 pm
This one was really cool, this is a topic everyone relates too but not everyone is confident enough to admit to relating to, and personally I space out a scary amount so reading this was fun. good write :)
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Melina Mohagheghi
11/18/2022 01:44:55 pm
I get distracted easily and how I keep myself focused is to play a calm music and usually drink a cup of tea and then start working.
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Hewitt
11/18/2022 01:47:45 pm
I know the feeling, I struggle with this a lot. Thanks for the tips
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